Propane experiment a bust

Nixa Police Department scraps alternative fuel test on its cars

2:40 PM,
Nov. 27, 2012

A technician shows Nixa Police Officer Jason Bennett the propane fuel injection system on a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Interceptor. Bennett was one of three police officers who drove the alternative fuel car over the course of a three-month experiment that ended in failure.

Written by

Rance Burger
RBURGER@NEWS-LEADER.COM

A plan to test alternative fuels in Nixa police cruisers has ended after three months. The company that installed a propane fuel system in a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Interceptor offered the police department a refund.

"They felt bad that they were not able to meet our expectations to this point. The test did not go well," Police Chief James Bacon said.